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Angola's MPLA party was on Monday declared the winner of a closely fought election, extending its decades long rule in the oil-rich country and handing President Joao Lourenco a second term.
The party of incumbent Joao Lourenco won 51.17% of the vote against 43.95% for the opposition UNITA.
LUANDA, Aug 29, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Angola's former strongman president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, whose nearly four-decade rule was marred
The main opposition party, UNITA, claims the provisional counting of the General Elections by the Electoral Commission was wrong and that it should have more mandates than the 90 preview. A recount might undermine the MPLA majority it is being previewed
Angolans and foreign dignitaries gathered on Sunday for the funeral of long-serving ex-leader Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died in Spain in July but whose burial was delayed by a family request for